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As the health system constantly changes, make sure you are one of the well-informed and up-to-date nursing professionals. Attend this conference and learn about:
Studies have shown that people living with Type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. This session includes:
The scope of practice for enrolled nurses need not be a grey area. While the scope of practice across all aspects of nursing is ever-changing, it is possible to find your sweet spot. This next session will clarify any grey areas and offer case scenarios to assist you in applying this knowledge to your role. This session discusses:
The TV show Nurse Jackie showed us a healthcare professional with an addiction to prescription medication. Though people have complained about it, it highlights an issue that affects nurses and other healthcare professionals worldwide. This session will explore:
The adverse effects of medications are a constant concern for healthcare professionals. Knowing the potential risks for a medication can significantly prevent injury or harm, such as falls. This session will look at the adverse effects of medications, the need for deprescribing and how to prevent unnecessary harm. It includes:
As enrolled nurses, we use critical thinking skills and professional judgment on a daily basis in our practice. It is important that we continue to revise and strengthen these skills to ensure that we are able to recognise and act on important changes in a patient’s condition in a timely manner. In this session, you will:
Natural or manmade disasters can happen at any time and we have to be ready for any situation. This is especially true for people living with diabetes, as any disaster can be detrimental. This session includes:
People with diabetes who present in acute care are likely to have special needs. This session will look at some of the challenges that enrolled nurses must be aware of when caring for diabetes patients. It includes:
An older adult’s quality of life is likely to be significantly challenged when faced with illness, injury or disease. Comprehensive care that ensures older adults avoid unnecessary hospitalisation is a pillar of promoting the best possible quality of life. This session will look at:
Sometimes, healthcare professionals feel that they do not have the right to express their opinions on things they see in the medical field, which may result in patient harm. This session will look at the importance of speaking up for patient safety and will discuss:
As the complexity of healthcare increases the risks of human error increases too. We are all human and humans react (fairly) consistently to surrounding circumstances. A basic understanding of the complexity of our systems, the nature of human error and the creation of just cultures (vs blame cultures) in healthcare can go a long way to shifting the culture and creating a safer environment for all of us. This session includes:
There is an increasing focus on compassion in healthcare (and society) with an associated questioning of why it appears to be dwindling. There is more and more evidence emerging that compassion for others is only possible when we are also compassionate to ourselves. This session will give you some space to understand the connection and the reality of why it’s not easy, as well as room to consider your experience of compassion at the moment. Discuss:
The scope of practice of enrolled nurses (ENs) has become more complex over time. Safety and competency skills are critical to ENs practice, and it is essential that continuous updates to knowledge and skills are undertaken. Holistic nursing care relies on comprehensive approaches to patient conditions. This further reflects the need for broad-based education that places the person at the centre of care. In addition, continuing professional development is a professional regulatory requirement.
The purpose of this program is to improve patient outcomes by increasing the clinical and professional knowledge and practice of enrolled nurses.
Sue de Muelenaere is a registered nurse with more than 20 years’ experience as a nurse educator. Sue completed a five-year bachelor of nursing degree in South Africa, which included training in psychiatric and community nursing and midwifery. Since then, Sue has worked extensively in the intensive care environment, during which she has presented various courses, including an honour’s degree, a diploma in intensive care, and various short cardiac and ECG courses. Sue also holds an honour’s degree in advanced nursing science (intensive care nursing) and diplomas in nursing education and nursing administration. She was the education manager in a specialised heart hospital where she was responsible for the education of all hospital staff, including non-nursing staff members. Sue is passionate about teaching. She maintains a special interest in all aspects of nursing the critically-ill patient. Read More
Jane Stanfield is a health service improvement coach. She comes with 30 years’ experience in healthcare, half as a clinician and half in health administration, support and coaching. Having had a brush with burnout herself and several close family members receiving healthcare, her focus is on bringing compassion back to healthcare for all involved. Her current use of neuroscience and mindfulness at work enables healthcare providers to work with their own mind, emotions and behaviour to influence their culture in a way that will energise and motivate them as they manage the safety and reliability of their care and its focus on the patient—whilst caring for themselves. Jane is currently coaching several nurse leaders and runs workshops on leadership, shaping cultures, wellbeing, and communication and patient safety (CAPS). Her most recent professional development personally is in LEAN thinking – reducing waste and improving flow in healthcare….because waste is disrespectful to people! Read More
Mark Pratt is currently working as a nurse practitioner for the frail older person on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. He works across community and inpatient settings to facilitate early discharge, and admission avoidance. This requires strong relationships with service providers and other health professionals. Mark has been a nurse practitioner since 2012 and during that time has been involved in a number of hospital avoidance programs in Queensland and New South Wales. He is passionate about people receiving care as close to home as possible. Mark has qualifications in aged care, health promotion and education, which provide a good basis for community interventions. Read More
Tim Emerton works in an outpatient withdrawal and pharmacotherapy stabilisation clinic as a Nurse Practitioner: alcohol and other drugs. He also works in two pharmacotherapy clinics. Tim has worked in AOD and mental health for the past 24 years in various capacities. This has included managing an outpatient withdrawal service and a pharmacotherapy unit, delivering from cert IV to diploma level AOD education and case managing in a pharmacotherapy clinic. He has worked in the community and inpatient mental health settings. He spent 18 of those years working in the Northern Territory, which provided him with a diverse range of experiences. He was the Community Nurse of the Year in the Northern Territory in 2006 and he was the first AOD Nurse Practitioner in QLD. Tim has a passion to further professionalism and education in AOD nurses and the general community. Read More
Amanda Fryer has been working in diabetes education for 20 years and has been credentialed since 2000. From establishing the diabetes service at Logan Hospital in Brisbane to training general practice nurses around Queensland for Diabetes Australia, QLD, as well as staff in residential aged care facilities in QLD and NSW. Amanda's passion is for making diabetes easy to understand and to see lives changed with this understanding. She is currently working as a credentialed diabetes educator in private practice. Read More
Dr Treasure McGuire is a medicines information pharmacist, pharmacologist, educator and researcher. As assistant director of pharmacy, Mater Health Services, she manages their academic practice unit. She is also a senior conjoint lecturer in the School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland and associate professor of pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University, where she lectures on complementary medicines, reproductive health, medication safety and communicable diseases. In recognition of her services to medicines information, she received the Lilly International Fellowship in Hospital Pharmacy and the Bowl of Hygeia of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. Read More
Dr Adam Burston [RN, MHlthServMgmt, PhD], is a lecturer in nursing and course coordinator for the Masters of Health Administration at the Australian Catholic University, Australia, School of Nursing, Midwifery, Paramedicine. He is also a nurse researcher, Nursing Research and Practice Development Centre, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane. He was twice recipient of a Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence (2006 & 2008) during his postgraduate master's program and inaugural recipient of the University of Queensland School of Nursing and Midwifery PReST scholarship during his PhD candidature. Dr Burston is also a member of the Australian College of Nursing. Adam has an extensive and varied background in nursing, has co-authored book chapters on clinical nursing (pain, post-operative management, cardiac care, respiratory care), ethical decision making (in-press), and was invited by the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing to co-author an online module on ethical behaviour. He has published research on moral distress in nursing and presented at international and local conferences on topics such as moral distress and using blended learning to support a transitional pedagogy. He has a particular interest in (psychosocial) workforce preparedness and workforce retention, with post-doctoral work continuing to explore the effects of moral distress on aged care workers in Australia. As an academic, he has a particular interest in undergraduate nursing education, specifically transition to university (commencing students), transition to clinical practice (completing students), healthcare ethics and interprofessional practice. He has been instrumental in the implementation of blended learning pedagogy targeted at engaging first-year undergraduate students and has also been active in supporting other academics to embrace this approach to teaching. Adam is also involved in community engagement activities with undergraduate students, providing health education, health resources, and direct health care to local communities in Siem Reap and Battambang, Cambodia. Read More
Andrew Blythe is a writer and editor who has a Masters of Writing, Editing, and Publishing from the University of Queensland. In addition, he is an adjunct research fellow at Griffith University within the School of Human Services and Social Work, assisting the school with both curriculum review, and lived-experience research development. He enjoys communication in all its forms and has prepared and presented material via print, including as former editor of Time and Place (the Queensland Heritage Council magazine) and Queensland Pride, as well as radio, television, and multimedia formats. He is currently writing a memoir about his father’s experience of receiving a heart transplant, as well as documenting other peoples’ experiences of the Queensland health system. Read More